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RevoniK Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is v.s. Are

A song has this lyric:

"I look around and all I see is pieces."

Because "pieces" is plural, shouldn't it say:

"I look around and all I see are pieces."

Which is correct?
  

Top answer

" Which is correct? Consider this: All I want now is a nice good nap. - "Is" pertains to "all", not "nap" If this question was asked: What did you see when you opened the door?

— Dimsumexpress

  • " Which is correct?
  • Consider this: All I want now is a nice good nap.
  • - "Is" pertains to "all", not "nap" If this question was asked: What did you see when you opened the door?
  • When I opened the door , all I saw was kids crying and screaming.
  • " is a noun phrase which acts as a subject to the verb "is".
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RevoniKA song has this lyric:

"I look around and all I see is pieces."

Because "pieces" is plural, shouldn't it say:

"I look around and all I see are pieces."

Which is correct?
Consider this:

All I want now is a nice good
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Although pieces is plural, in this context, I think, it denotes every single thing which is incomplete.
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Thank you for your answer, but I'm afraid I don't completely understand.

"I look around and all I see is in pieces."

This version makes sense, because the word "in" turns "in pieces" into an adjective phrase modifying "all."

It is as if they said:

"I look around and all I see is beautiful."

Basically:

"All is beautiful."
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